Philips 27PT9007D/17, User Manual

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UNDERSTANDING PARENTAL CONTROLS
arental control is a feature that lets the TV receive and process data sent by broadcasters or other program
providers with program content advisory.
When programmed by the viewer, a
TV
with Parental Control can
respond to the content advisory and block program content that may be found objectionable (such as offensive
language, violence, sexual situations, etc.).
This feature is useful for adults to prevent certain types of programs
from being viewed by children.
P
Parental control offers the following features to choose from:
Lock - Is a master switch for parental control. When checked, all blocking/c
e
nsoring you have set is enabled.
Otherwise, if unchecked, all blockin
g
is disabled.
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Child Lock - When checked, the front panel of the TV is locked and the TV can be operated by the remote control
only.
Change Passwd. - allows you to change password anytime.
MOVIE RATINGS
G: General Audience - All ages admitted
.
Suitable for all
ages.
PG: Parental Guidan
c
e Suggested - Contains material
unsuitable for younger children.
PG-13: Parents Strong
l
y Cautioned - Contains material
unsuitable for children under the age of 13.
R: Restricted - Suitable for adults above 17 years of age
only.
NC-17: - No one under the age of 17 will be admitted.
X: Adults Only - Contains one or more of the following:
very graphic violence, very gra
p
hic and explicit or indecent
sexual acts, very coarse an
d
intensely suggestive language.
TV RATINGS
TV-Y: Designed for a very young audience, including
children ages 2-6
TV-Y7: Contains Fantasy Violence (FV). Appropriate for
children age 7 and above who have acquired the
development skills needed to distinguish between
make-believe and reality.
TV-G: Suitable for most audiences. Contains little or
no violence, no strong langu
a
ge, and little or no sexual
dialogue or situations.
TV-PG: Contains material unsuitable for younger
children. Could contain moderate violence (V), some
sexual situations (S), infrequent coarse language (L), or
some suggestive dialogue (D).
TV-14: Contains some material unsuitable for children
under 14 years of age. Contains one or more of the
following: intense vio
l
ence (V), intense sexual sit
u
ations
(S), strong coarse lan
g
uage (L), or intensely sugges
t
ive
dialogue (D).
TV-MA:
V
iewed by adults and therefore may be
unsuitable for children under 17. Contains one or more
of the following: graphic violen
c
e (V), explicit sex
u
al
situations (S), or crude indecent language(L).
H
ELPFUL
H
INTS
Neither the V-chip settings nor the password you set will
be reset by running AUTO CHANNEL SEARCH.
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NOTE: All the above features are available in both Digital mode and Analog mode. Whether they are activated in
either Digital mode or Analog mod
e
, they work in bo
t
h modes.
USA V-Chip - allows you to block programs by ratings. Within its submenu, you can use a ce
r
tain rating like Movie
Ratings , TV Ratings , Unrated or No Rating .
Movie Ratings - Certain blocking options exist which will block programming based on ratings patterned by
the Motion Pictures Association of America (M
P
AA).
TV Ratings - Like the Movie Ratings, programs can be blocked from viewin
g
using standard TV ratings se
t
by
TV broadcasters.
Unrated / No Rating - All programs with no content advisory data can be blocked if Unrated / No Rating
is set to .
Block CH - allows you to block channels.
Downloadable V-chip - Lets you lock or unlock the programs with a new, different rating region code of 0x05
defined by extension or replacement of the content advisory system in the U.S. This feature is only availa
b
le in Digital
mode and when there is a . There is a Reset option coming along, which allows you to
clear all limits you set on downloadable V-chip ratings.
regional ratings table available